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Yemen - Late Bronze Age

1200 BCE 801 BCE
D G SC WF RG EQ 2020  ye_yemen_lba / YeLBA**
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  General Description   The Yemeni Coastal Plain or Plateau is the northwestern region of modern Yemen that lies between the Red Sea and the Yemeni Mountains. Here, we are interested in the phase of its prehistory known as the Late Bronze Age (c. 1200-801 BCE). Yemeni Bronze Age communities relied on farming and animal husbandry, though bronze itsems, shells, semi-precious stones, and obsidian all suggest that trade networks were well established at this time. [1]
No serious works on the estimates for the area and population in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Yemen. [2] Similarly, no speculation could be found in the literature regarding possible forms of political organisation prevalent at the time; from an archaeological perspective. However, it is worth noting that some sites were larger than others, and that the larger sites differed from smaller ones in their layout as well as their size, [3] suggesting perhaps a hierarchical relationship between the two types. Moreover, some sites included buildings that were significantly larger than others, and that stood apart from the other buildings as well; though their precise function remains difficult to ascertain, certain features, such as benches along the walls, suggest public use. [4]

[1]: (De Maigret 2002: 152-153) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/X3MRZCH5.

[2]: (A. Sedov: pers. comm. to E. Cioni: September 2019)

[3]: (De Maigret 2002: 144) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/X3MRZCH5.

[4]: (De Maigret 2002: 145) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/X3MRZCH5.

General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information / Writing System
Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Information / Money
Information / Postal System
Information / Measurement System
Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

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Year Range Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba) was in:
 (1200 BCE 801 BCE)   Yemeni Coastal Plain
Home NGA: Yemeni Coastal Plain
General Variables
Identity and Location Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Original Name Yemen - Late Bronze Age Confident Expert 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Temporal Bounds Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Duration [1200 BCE ➜ 801 BCE] Confident Expert
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Political and Cultural Relations Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Succeeding Entity YeSabaC Confident Expert 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Preceding Entity
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Language Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Language Genus uncoded Undecided Expert 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Religion Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Population of the Largest Settlement - Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Polity Territory - Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Polity Population - Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Hierarchical Complexity Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Settlement Hierarchy 2 Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Professions Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Specialized Government Building Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Law Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Transport Infrastructure Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Special-purpose Sites Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Information / Writing System Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Information / Money Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Information / Postal System Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Information / Measurement System Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Wooden Palisade Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Stone Walls Mortared Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position Present Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Modern Fortification Absent Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moat Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Fortified Camp Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Earth Rampart Present Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Ditch Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Complex Fortification Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Long Wall absent Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Military use of Metals Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Steel Absent Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Iron Absent Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Copper Present Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Bronze Present Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Projectiles Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Sling Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Self Bow Present Confident Uncertain 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Self Bow Absent Confident Uncertain 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Javelin Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Composite Bow Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Atlatl Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Handheld weapons Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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War Club Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Sword Present Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Spear Present Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Polearm Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Dagger Present Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Battle Axe Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Animals used in warfare Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Horse Absent Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Elephant Absent Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Donkey Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Dog Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Camel Unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Armor Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Shield Present Confident Uncertain 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Shield Absent Confident Uncertain 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Limb Protection Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Helmet Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Breastplate Absent Inferred 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Naval technology Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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Moralizing Enforcement is Broad Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain Unknown Confident 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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Human Sacrifice Yemen - Late Bronze Age (ye_yemen_lba)
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